The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-16
SOUTHERN GL.EANINGS.

in Carter County Tenn. He was Commits
sioner of InGian Affairs under President
Johnson.
The cotton factors aud buyers Of New
Orleans have resolved to employ no men,
bers of the labor unions.
Bob McWhirter, alias Robinson, and
Mont Hill were arrested at Shreveport,
La, few days ago on warrants charging
them with horse-sUcaling in Texas. They
had bJen in Shreveport several times with
stock, and had always been looked upon
as honest dealers. Their last bunch con-
sisted of nine horses, five Of which were
identified as stolen, two of thom belong
ing to j. A. Neil, of Grayson County, and
two to A. E. Hughes, Of Collinsville,
Grayson County.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
affirmed the decision of the lower court IN
the case of the Louisville, New Orleans AZ
Texas railroad VS.. T. C. Thompson. This
is a suit brought for damages by Thomp-
son against the railroad company for in
juries received at Knoxville, Franklin
County, IN January, 1886. He sued for
$4,000 damages, but the jury only award
ed him S15 900, which the Supreme Court
aft med.
The Montgomery (Ala.) and Atlanta
(Ga) military companies have resolved to
withdraw from the Washing ton drill be.
cause of the admiss ion of colored organi-
cations.
William MyriciS, a negro boy about
eighteen years old, was tried in the City
Court at Montgomery, Ala, Il few days
ago, on a charge of feloniOus assault, con-
victed and sentenced to the penitentlary
for life.
The most disastrous fire that ever visit
ed Louisville, Tex, consumed the large
Touring mill of the Louisville Mill Com
pany few days ago. The loss is $4,000,
with no insurance.
Tw o attempts were recently made to cut
levees along the Mississippi in Louisiana,
probably for the purpose Of getting water
to float logs to mill. The guards h ave
been doubled, and armed with Winchester
rifles
The ladies of Manassas, Va, have
formed a memorial association for the
purpose of putting a stone wall around
the Confederate cemetery on the historic
hills near Bull Run. If each Southern
Safe will contribute 500, the proposed
wall could be built.
The apple, pear and peach trees arc in
| bloom in many parts Of Virginia. There
always comes frost in that State with
! the April full moon. Cold rains and snow
have given premouitions Of its coming
Hon. John H. Reagan has recovered
sufficiently from his late fall from hi
! horse at Palestine, Tex, to be out on the
streets and attend to his private and Off
cial correspondence, which has accumu
lated Largely during his confinement TX
! his bed.
Rufus Fuller, prisoner in irons
jumped from an east-bou7d train on tn,
East Tennessee, Virginia q Georgia rail
road near Knoxville Tenn, a few night
ago, while the train was running at tn
rate of forty-five miles an hour, and es
capped with but little injury.
Scott Pickler, a white boy thirteen year
old, who shot and killed Chester Dodd
another white boy about ten years old, il
Jackson Tenn, last January, was trle(
recently in the Circuit Court for murde
in the first degree. The case was abb
argued on both sides. The jury returne
verdict of acquittal.
Hon. D. Wyatt AIKEN, late Represent
tive in Congress from the Third Sout!
Carolina district, died at his home il
Cokesbury, S. C., few days ago age
fifty-nine He had been ill for a LON
time.
DR.. NJ L. Moore, an honOred citizen C
Gainesville. Fla, was recently driver
from home by anonymous letters charg
inv him with malpractice. An indigna
ton meeting was held by two hundrc'
prominent cit zens, who invited him to 10
turn, pie lged him protectlo1, and sui
scribed 500 as n reward for the detection
of the letter writer
The statue of General Albert Sidne
johnson, who fell while leading the Cor
federate army on the first day of the bat
tie of Shiloh, April g. 1852, was unveile
in New Orleans on the oh inst, III
twenty fifth anniversary of that ever
memorable struggle.
The ruling sensation at Montgomery
Ala, is the finding of the lost book i
which was recorded the bond OF exTreas
urer Vincent When he defaulted an,
left the State, in January, 1888, the boo
could not be found, aud the suppositio
was that he had made way with It,
was found a few DAYS since behind an oil
Sata IN the lfcaSuieIS OinOt' luIC
bondsmen who could not be remem bere
are still liable, but are reported TO hav
very little property. Vincent has Away
denied the charge that he made way wit
the book and bond.
Miss Carrie Sharp, of SEelbyville Tenn
who was to have been Marie to A. II
Ruth few days ago, was accidental
shot and killed on tn, evening precedln
her wedding day, while handling IT
volver which had dropped from Nj
Ruth's pocket. She was buried in he
wedding dress.
The citizens of Uptonville, Ky, and SUI
rounding country are at the highest pitc
Of el citcmcnt over new and rich dis
coyery of underground treasures lynn
pear there Very valuable iron ore, foun
Nv analysis TO be eighty per cent. pure
and il, almost iueyhaustibl9 quantities,
found Just Oh the western boundary of th
town.
1t being g,uerll,v understoo that on
or more negro companies will enter Ii
military encampment at Washington, tn
Douglass Rifles, of Tyler, Tex, have dete
mined not to attend the encampment III
less 1t is officially announced that tn
! negroes will neither enter the enCamr